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    Rapid survey of livestock feed resource availability and use in Mai Son district, Son La province, Vietnam, using the Gendered Feed Assessment Tool (G-FEAST)

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    Otieno, Mary Atieno
    Mai Thanh Tu
    Douxchamps, Sabine
    Peters, Michael
    Duncan, Alan J.
    Date
    2021-02
    Language
    en
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    Report
    Accessibility
    Open Access
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    Otieno, M.; Mai, T.; Douxchamps, S.; Peters, M; Duncan, A. (2021) Rapid survey of livestock feed resource availability and use in Mai Son district, Son La province, Vietnam, using the Gendered Feed Assessment Tool (G-FEAST). Hanoi (Vietnam): CGIAR Research Program on Livestock. 22 p.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111524
    Abstract/Description
    Livestock production is the second main livelihood source for farmers in the North-West highlands of Vietnam. Animal nutrition is a key factor in livestock production and, often times, challenges related to feed are widespread leading to low livestock productivity. Identifying context-specific feed issues and how gender influences feed practices prior to proposing measures to improve animal nutrition is a key step in addressing feed-related challenges. In this study, the Gendered Feed Assessment Tool (G-FEAST) was applied to assess the availability and use of local feed resources by characterizing gender aspects influencing feeding practices with the ultimate goal of designing site-specific livestock feed intervention strategies. The study was carried out in 6 villages in Chieng Chung and Chieng Luong communes, Mai Son district, Son La province, Vietnam. Data was collected through separate focus group discussions and individual interviews for women and men (67 women and 70 men). Main feed-related challenges identified included lack of winter feed, low-quality diets and low yielding forage varieties. The results of this study present key opportunities for feed interventions such as promoting improved forage varieties, knowledge on better utilization of crop residues, feed processing and preparation (e.g. silage) and improved diet proportions with high quality feed components.
    CGIAR Author ORCID iDs
    Sabine Douxchampshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-0753
    Michael Petershttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-3916
    Alan Duncanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-3067
    CGIAR Impact Areas
    Nutrition, health and food security
    Other CGIAR Affiliations
    Livestock
    Contributes to SDGs
    SDG 1 - No poverty; SDG 2 - Zero hunger; SDG 13 - Climate action
    AGROVOC Keywords
    forages; gender; feeds; forrajes; piensos; género
    Subjects
    GENDER AND EQUITY; LIVESTOCK; TROPICAL FORAGES;
    Countries
    Vietnam
    Regions
    Asia; South-eastern Asia
    Organizations Affiliated to the Authors
    Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT; International Livestock Research Institute
    Collections
    • Alliance Bioversity CIAT Working and Discussion Papers [63]
    • CRP Livestock feeds and forages flagship [428]
    • CRP Livestock Vietnam [94]
    • Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) [214]
    • ILRI feed and forage development program outputs [355]
    • Research Lever 6: Crops for Nutrition and Health [496]

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